My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 2286
Jared was still awake, and when he saw her return, he closed his laptop and placed it aside.
"You're not asleep yet? Is there something important to work on?" Nicole casually asked as she took a glance at what he was
doing.
"No, just looking at some details," Jared replied as he reached out to pull Nicole over to the bed.
After shooting him another glance, Nicole whispered, "Just go to bed if there's nothing to do."
"Okay," he agreed and leaned over to kiss Nicole's forehead.
Blushing a little, Nicole gently pushed Jared away and said," Now, go to sleep."
"I don't want to sleep; I want to sleep with..." Jared stared at her with darkened eyes.
His intentions were obvious.
Nicole returned his gaze with a look of disapproval and pushed him away. "I'm going to sleep."
After that, she pulled the blanket over herself before moving away from him.
What a jerk. Even if he's not tired, I am!' she thought.
Jared found this very adorable.
He watched as she wrapped herself up in a cocoon, reached out, and hugged her. "What I meant was that I want to hold you
while I sleep."
This rendered her speechless. 'This jerk is fooling me!'
"No, thanks," Nicole said from under the blanket, her voice muffled.
Ignoring her refusal, Jared tightened his hug, and when she could no longer bear the heat, she poked her head out.
"Are you trying to suffocate me?" she complained.
"I just want to hold you," Jared said with a straight face, his eyes locking with Nicole's.

Nicole glared at Jared as she clenched her jaw. She wanted to refuse, but being held while she was all wrapped up would just
make it stuffy, so she had no choice but to compromise.
Finally, she came out from under the blanket. Feeling content, Jared embraced Nicole, but this time, he stayed put and just held
her in total silence.
Nicole let out a sigh of relief and soon fell asleep in his embrace.
Listening to her gentle breathing, Jared shook his head and planted a light kiss on her cheek before falling asleep himself.
During the next morning, the sun rose, and the land was clothed in light.
After breakfast, everyone in the Riddle family got busy with their respective tasks.
Nicole had just arrived at the Riddle Corporation when she ran into Lawrence once again. "Lawrence, why are you here so
early? Is there something you need?"
"Just here to see you," Lawrence smiled.
"Oh, come on up and chill out for a while then," Nicole said, leading Lawrence to her office without thinking much about it.
After sitting down and chatting for a while, Lawrence casually asked, "Any progress on that electronic badge system I got you to
help me with?"
"Sorry, but no," Nicole replied, her voice brimming with guilt.
That system was truly peculiar. She had tried various methods and approaches, but she just could not crack it. This was
something she had never encountered before. It felt as if the system was not locked from the outside. If anything, it seemed as
though an internal failsafe had been activated, making it impenetrable.
Lawrence comforted her when he saw the guilty look on her face. "It's okay. With your abilities, you might be able to crack it one
day if you keep trying."
After all, nobody would be able to access the system if Nicole could not.
Nicole squinted for a second before she calmly said, "I will keep trying."